Gladys Holm was a secretary(秘书). She worked in an office all her life. Gladys earned(挣) about $ 15,000 a year. She died when she
was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise---$ 18 million! She gave the
money to a children's hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked
children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend's daughter was ill in
hospital, Gladys brought her a teddy bear. After that, she visited the hospital
many times. Every time she visited, she brought teddy bears for those children.
After that, people started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”.

Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one
knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago.
Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family
friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn't know
she was rich.

How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to earn more
money, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks(股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very
rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the
children's hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $ 18 million!

6.Gladys Holm often gave children teddy bears because she liked children
very much.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

7.Gladys was called the “Teddy Bear Lady”.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

8.Everyone was surprised that Gladys lived such a long life.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

9.She got rich as she did another job in the hospital.

A.T

B.F

答案：B

10.When Gladys Holm became a millionaire, she still lived in the same way.

A.T

B.F

答案：A

Once James Thornhill, a famous English
painter, was asked to paint some pictures on the walls of the king's palace in
England.

Then workers were sent for and a big platform（台子）was made.

With the help of a worker, Thornhill started
painting on the platform. They worked for a whole year and at last the pictures
were ready.

Thornhill was happy when he looked at the
pictures, for they were really beautiful. He looked at them for a long time, and
then took one step back and looked again. Now the pictures were even more
beautiful. He took another step, then another. Finally he was at the very edge
of the platform, but he didn't know it because he was thinking of his pictures.

The worker saw everything. "What should
I do?" he thought. "Thornhill was at the very edge of the platform.
If I cry out, he will take another step, fall off it and surely be killed.
"So the worker quickly took some paint（漆）and threw it at the pictures.

"What are you doing?" cried the
painter, running quickly forward to his pictures.

11.James Thornhill was an English ______.

A.worker

B.artist

C.king

D.writer

答案：B

12.He was ordered to ______.

A.paint the wall of the king's palace in England

B.paint some pictures on the wall of the palace

C.build a big platform in front of the palace

D.put up some new pictures on the old wall

答案：B

13.It took them ______ to finish the pictures.

A.a month

B.a week

C.twelve months

D.half a month

答案：C

14.James Thornhill felt that the ______ he was from the pictures, the______ they were.

A.nearer…more beautiful

B.farther…more ugly

C.farther…more beautiful

D.higher above…more good-looking

答案：C

15.The worker threw some paint at the pictures in order to ______.

A.save James' life

B.destroy the picture

C.make the picture more beautiful

D.make the king angry

答案：A

三、词汇与语法

16.Fish can't live ______ water.

A.with

B.without

C.in

D.on

答案：B

17.I ________ writing the article by the time you get back.

A.shall finish

B.must have finished

C.have finished

D.shall have finished

答案：D

18.Eggs, though rich in nourishments, have ______ of fat.

A.a large number

B.the large number

C.a large amount

D.the large amount

答案：C

19.- Write to me when you get home.

- OK, I _______.

A.must

B.should

C.will

D.can

答案：C

20.Australia is one of the few countries ____ people drive on the left of
the road.

A.which

B.that

C.where

D.on which

答案：C

四、完型填空

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the
evenings and weekends they are free and __21__ themselves. Some watch
television or go to the movies, others take part in sports. This is decided by
their own interests.

There are many different ways to spend our free time. Almost everyone has
some kind of__22__. It may be something from colleting stamps to making model
planes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others don't cost anything at all.
Some collections are worth a lot of money, others are valuable only to their
owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several__23__ dollars. A
short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which cost him ＄250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all
right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has
almost 600 kinds of them, but I wonder__24__ they are worth any money. However,
to my brother they are quite valuable.__25__ makes him happier than to find a
new match box for his collection.

That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we like to do in our
free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but
the pleasure it gives us is.

21.

A.thousand

B.of

C.Nothing

D.enjoy

E.hobby

答案：D

22.

A.thousand

B.of

C.Nothing

D.enjoy

E.hobby

答案：E

23.

A.thousand

B.of

C.Nothing

D.enjoy

E.hobby

答案：A

24.

A.thousand

B.of

C.Nothing

D.enjoy

E.hobby

答案：B

25.

A.thousand

B.of

C.Nothing

D.enjoy

E.hobby

答案：C

五、英译汉

26.Do you still have anything that you don't understand?

答案：你还有什么不懂的吗?

27.Did you go fishing with your friends last Sunday?

答案：上周日你与你的朋友去钓鱼了？

28.When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful
hat she had bought.

答案：那天傍晚她回家后，给丈夫看她买的那顶漂亮的帽子。

29.Would you please help me with this heavy box?

答案：你能帮我抬一下这个沉箱子吗？

30.Fred was such a hardworking student that he soon came out first in the
class.